Dan Brockwell is the Co-founder & Chief Meme Officer of Earlywork, the home for 4000+ young people in Australia & New Zealand creating the careers of tomorrow in tech, startups & social impact. Dan launched Earlyhome earlier this year and shares early-career roles, career resources & industry analysis weekly at earlywork.substack.com.
As a Computer Science/Marketing graduate from UNSW, Dan is a hyper-generalist with experience across product, operations, project management, sales, marketing, consulting and design in both startups and leading tech companies like Atlassian, Amazon, Uber, Deloitte Digital & IBM. Hear Dan’s formative experiences at university, his journey creating community-powered career development with Earlywork and his vision for the community.
Timestamps:
[0:45]- How the name Earlywork originated
[2:00]- Dan’s favourite newsletter
[2:50]- Dan’s formative experiences at university
[4:40]- Exploring corporate vs startup career paths
[6:50]- How Dan’s experience leading BusinessOne cultivated his founder and community-building skills
[9:20]- The impact of participating in ASES Stanford
[12:25]- How going on exchange changed Dan’s definition of success
[14:18]- Campus culture in Australia vs USA
[19:40]- The problem Earlywork is solving
[21:40]- Communal mindset with community-powered job search and career development
[24:07]- The future of Earlywork: doubling down on sub-communities
[25:54]- The vision for Earlyhome in Wollongong
[27:50]- Co-founder dynamics with Jono and Marina
[31:22]- Discerning signal vs. noise as a community-based business
[33:08]- Process of raising a pre-seed round
[35:09]- Future of work trends Dan is observing with careers
[38:25]- What other problems would Dan be solving
[39:38]- Books and podcasts that have shaped Dan
[41:15]- Advice Dan would give to his younger self- a fresh grad and aspiring founder
[44:16]- Adages Dan lives by: ‘create more, consume less’
References
Daniel Brockwell.com
Lenny’s Newsletter
ASES Stanford
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
1984 by George Orwell
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By Textbook VenturesDan Brockwell is the Co-founder & Chief Meme Officer of Earlywork, the home for 4000+ young people in Australia & New Zealand creating the careers of tomorrow in tech, startups & social impact. Dan launched Earlyhome earlier this year and shares early-career roles, career resources & industry analysis weekly at earlywork.substack.com.
As a Computer Science/Marketing graduate from UNSW, Dan is a hyper-generalist with experience across product, operations, project management, sales, marketing, consulting and design in both startups and leading tech companies like Atlassian, Amazon, Uber, Deloitte Digital & IBM. Hear Dan’s formative experiences at university, his journey creating community-powered career development with Earlywork and his vision for the community.
Timestamps:
[0:45]- How the name Earlywork originated
[2:00]- Dan’s favourite newsletter
[2:50]- Dan’s formative experiences at university
[4:40]- Exploring corporate vs startup career paths
[6:50]- How Dan’s experience leading BusinessOne cultivated his founder and community-building skills
[9:20]- The impact of participating in ASES Stanford
[12:25]- How going on exchange changed Dan’s definition of success
[14:18]- Campus culture in Australia vs USA
[19:40]- The problem Earlywork is solving
[21:40]- Communal mindset with community-powered job search and career development
[24:07]- The future of Earlywork: doubling down on sub-communities
[25:54]- The vision for Earlyhome in Wollongong
[27:50]- Co-founder dynamics with Jono and Marina
[31:22]- Discerning signal vs. noise as a community-based business
[33:08]- Process of raising a pre-seed round
[35:09]- Future of work trends Dan is observing with careers
[38:25]- What other problems would Dan be solving
[39:38]- Books and podcasts that have shaped Dan
[41:15]- Advice Dan would give to his younger self- a fresh grad and aspiring founder
[44:16]- Adages Dan lives by: ‘create more, consume less’
References
Daniel Brockwell.com
Lenny’s Newsletter
ASES Stanford
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
1984 by George Orwell